Step into ‘Carpool Convos’: A new video series driving into the future of innovation and technology.

Introducing a new video series that navigates the path of innovative, tech-enhanced teaching and learning, all while guests cruise in autonomous vehicles.

Kevin Pirehpour, Enterprise Technology

August 10, 2023

What happens when you combine the minds of ambitious students, tech visionaries and cutting-edge autonomous vehicles? Spoiler alert: you get a unique platform for inspiring conversations about the future of tech-powered education.

Introducing Carpool Convos, our new video series where we bring ASU leaders and students into the backseat of fully-autonomous vehicles. Yes, you read that right — there’s no human driver at the wheel! Driving around ASU’s Tempe campus, our guests unravel their thoughts on the intersections of technology and learning, creating a thought-provoking experience centered on modern technology.

In our first season, hear from:

- Donna Kidwell, chief information security and digital trust officer

- Kate Giovacchini, executive director of engineering

- Kimberly Clark, deputy CIO of operational excellence and digital transformation

- Bobby Gray, executive director of products & projects, digital transformation

- Elizabeth Reilley, executive director of AI Acceleration

- Allison Hall, senior director of Learning Experience

- Josh Thompson, Tech Studio manager, Learning Experience Design

- Hunter Amerine, student worker, Learning Experience Design

- Toby Vaughn Kidd, director of Learning Futures Studios

- Amanda Federico, student studio associate sr., Learning Futures

Tune into the first season here.

As the series unfolds, we invite you to come along for the autonomous Waymo ride. Each episode of Carpool Convos offers a front-row seat to these engaging discussions. Imagine the possibilities as technologists and learners exchange ideas while the world outside continues its constant motion, a mirror of our never-ending pursuit of knowledge and progress.